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[Nomenclature issues and hypertrophic Bertin's columns or renal parenchymal and pelvicalyceal intersections outline
1Medical Academy Urological Clinic Based on the Health Care Unit of the AVTODIZEL Co., Yaroslavl.
Abstract:
Analyzing the data available in the literature and examining echographic, urographic, and computed tomographic findings in 153 patients having various types of the doubled pelvicalycus and other structures of the kidney have led to the conclusion that it is more correct to use term "renal parenchymal intersections" rather than that "Bertin's column hypertrophy" since they are a variant of the anatomic structure of the renal parenchyma. The renal parenchymal and pelvicalyceal intersections outline congruence symptom, which was first noted while comparing echo- and urographic data and studying computed tomographic contrast-enhanced images, may be helpful in the differential diagnosis of the intersections with renal tumors.
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